Gavin Brett, an 18-year-old Protestant living in the mixed Glengormley estate, was singing and joking with a group of Catholic friends just moments before loyalist gunmen launched their deadly attack last Sunday night. Free article

Former UUP MP Ken Maginnis has been shortlisted for a position on the North's Human Rights Commission. Maginnis was interviewed on Friday 20 July by an NIO panel as a candidate to replace Angela Hegarty, who retired from the Commission earlier this year. Free article

Two republican prisoners currently held in Castlerea prison have taken High Court proceedings in Dublin seeking a declaration that they are entitled to early release under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. Free article